Our Pets.
Pets are people too!
Look on the Triple A web site and you will be able to see the above statement and the enormous amount of dedicated work that goes in to rescuing, healing and re-homing some of the thousands of abandoned pets that are found, here, on the Costa del Sol.
At any one time it would not be unusual to find 260 dogs and 160 cats being lovingly cared for while new owners were being sought for them (many of them finding loving homes in Sweden, Holland and Germany).
So why was this article on the shopping page?
Every single pet rescued by Triple A was probably bought at some time.
Maybe it was an irresistable ball of fluff in a pet shop window or a desperate looking, wriggling thing in a cardboard box on a street market.
However this poor creature came into the posession of whoever abandoned it, of one thing we can be sure, there was insufficient heart in the new owner to make the life of the animal they had accepted the responsibility for, a happy one.
While the presence of Triple A says a great deal for the compassion and care that does exist within the human heart, the fact that it exists is also a round condemnation of us, as human beings.
Please. Please. Please. If you go shopping for a pet, make sure that you understand the commitment that you are making. Make sure you understand the needs of your new pet and how its needs will impact upon your life.
Triple A
and the wonderful people who work there do enjoy what they do but I am sure they would be a lot happier if they didn’t have to do it.
Look at their web site.
Look at their success stories
and then try to understand the bewilderment and fear that careless owners have bestowed upon innocent creatures that only ever wanted to love and be loved.
Triple A has an enormous task in simply feeding their flock and paying for the help that has to be paid for. If you can help in any way, please do so. Contact details are on their web site as well as ideas of things you can do to make a difference in an innocent life.
Here is one of the more than 20,000 animals that have been successfully re-homed in the past 15 years.
Chap has come into my family to be a companion for Scamp after the sad death of our Abbie.
Update
It is well over a year since Chap joined us and he has turned out to be a lively little dog with loyalty, love and a great personality.
He is a great companion for Scamp although I sometimes think he must have watched many ‘Lassie’ films in his previous home because there are times when his whining can be really infuriating – but he knows when he has gone just a bit too far and will climb on my lap and settle down to doze.
- Chap’s on the right
Another update
Here is a selection of photographs of Chap and Scamp
They are good company for each other and don’t mind what the weather does to them – just as long as they get out in it.
